The creepy mascots of the Sochi Olympics

February 19, 2014

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A Japanese fan poses with The Hare and The Leopard, two of the mascots of the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, as he attends the Men's and Women's Snowboard Parallel Giant Slalom qualification runs at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 19, 2014.

FRANCK FIFE/AFP/Getty Images

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A Japanese fan poses with The Hare and The Leopard, two of the mascots of the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, as he attends the Men's and Women's Snowboard Parallel Giant Slalom qualification runs at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 19, 2014.